Next Healthy Eating Seminar: Mid Week Meals
Posted by kathryn in Clinic News and Nutrition
- Date: Saturday 4 September
- Time: 3.00pm – 4.30pm
- Cost: $25
Cooking at home is one of the best ways to ensure you’re eating a healthy diet. However, it’s easy to get stuck in a rut, repeating the same old recipes week-in and week-out. Alternatively in the rush of daily life food can get pushed to the bottom of the list – meaning you end up eating take-away.
Are you fed up with this and want to find better ways to plan, prepare and eat healthy food? In this seminar Kathryn will talk about the basics to keep in your pantry, how to plan and cook for the week and some easy recipes you can incorporate into your routine.
Session includes:
- a cooking demonstration
- notes and recipes
- tastings of the food and recipes being discussed
- a glass of wine on arrival
Spaces are limited, so bookings are essential. To find out more contact Kathryn by email.
To see the full list of upcoming Healthy Eating Seminars click here.
Pilates Timetable Term 4: 11 October - 18 December 2010
Posted by kathryn in Pilates
Here is our Term four Pilates timetable, including the new Wednesday morning Stretch and Strength class.
- Monday 12.30pm Stretch & Strength – Alexia
- Monday 6.15pm – Britt
- Monday 7.30pm – Britt
- Tuesday 10.30am – Alexia
- Tuesday 6.15pm – Fiona
- Tuesday 7.30pm – Fiona
- Wednesday 8.30am Stretch & Strength – Heidi
- Wednesday 6.15pm – Alexia
- Wednesday 7.30pm – Adrienn
- Thursday 9.30am – Heidi
- Friday 10.30am – Britt
- Saturday 8.00am – Adrienn
- Saturday 9.30am – Alexia
If the class you would like to enrol for is already FULL, please contact Alexia to be put on the waiting list.
New Class Coming Soon . . .
Posted by kathryn in Clinic News and Pilates
From October we will be offering a new Stretch and Strength class.
- Wednesdays 8.30am
- Begins Term 4
- Dates – 13, 20, 27 October, 3, 10 November
- Initial 5 class block
- Fee – $87.50
- Instructor – Heidi Mostert
- Bookings are now open
- Class size limited for personalised instruction
To find out more, or make a booking, contact Alexia Morris on 0425 830 191 or by email. To view our full Pilates and Stretch class schedule click here.
Dinner in 30 Minutes: Schedule
Posted by kathryn in Nutrition
If cooking is a chore and you’re bored with what you’re making, then you need some new ideas. Dinner in 30 Minutes is a series of 30 minute lunch-time cooking classes, where you learn how to make one new recipe. A dish which is healthy, easy, delicious and which can be cooked in under thirty minutes.
Each session includes a cooking demonstration, take-home recipe sheet and (of course) tasting the dish. The classes cost $10 and bookings are essential, as spaces are limited.
August 26 12.30 – 1.00pm – North African Chicken
This is a flavour packed dish which can be made in one pan, keeps really well overnight in the fridge and can also be frozen. The chicken is cooked in a rich, spiced, and vegetable spiked tomato sauce and yes it can be made in less than 30 minutes. An easy vegetarian variation will also be discussed.
September 30 12.30 – 1.00pm – Spring Vegetable & Lentil Pasta
A beautiful dairy-free pasta dish, flavoured with fresh mint, capers and lemon. It includes plenty of vegetables and a good serving of protein, from the lentils. It is more work than opening a jar of supermarket-bought sauce, but not a lot more. But it is so much more nutritious and healthy than a jar of sauce. I’ve kept the vegetable chopping to a minimum and the sauce cooks while the pasta is boiling.
October 28 12.30 – 1.00pm – Spiced Lamb Balls with Couscous
Fragrant and spicy lamb balls, which are easy to put together and take only about 10 minutes to cook. Plus there are several different ways you can vary this meal, to suit your appetite and tastebuds. In this session I’ll be demonstrating how to make the basic lamb balls and showing you how to make them into a number of different meals.
November 25 12.30 – 1.00pm – Fish Cakes with Ginger and Coriander
These Thai-esque fish cakes are easy to make and a delicious, useful and flexible food. You can have them with salad or rice and a pile of stir-fried vegetables. Alternatively if you’re after some pre-dinner nibbles or a light entree for a dinner party, these would be great served with a sweet and hot chilli sauce. I’ll also be showing you how to make a Hot and Tart Cucumber Salad to accompany the fish cakes.
For more information or to make a booking contact Kathryn on 0410 412 431 or by email
Group weight loss - evening meetings
Posted by kathryn in Nutrition
Evening sessions of Kathryn’s Group Weight Loss Meetings start on Thursday 19 August. This five week group programme is aimed at helping you to lose weight, while still enjoying real foods. Each week includes a weigh-in. You’ll also learn how to lose weight, as well as practical ways to improve your energy levels and minimise food cravings.
With the Group Weight Loss Meetings, you’ll benefit from learning in a supportive, group environment. Moreover, unlike many programmes, you will also receive personalised attention from Kathryn Elliott, a qualified Nutritionist.
We’ll be looking at:
- food planning
- how to eat a balanced diet and lose weight
- motivation and accountability
- what you need to do to be healthy
- how to look after yourself and lose weight when you’re busy and snowed under
- how to make simple, healthy meals that help you to lose weight
Details:
- Thursdays 7.00 – 8.00pm from 19 August – 16 September
- Cost: $20 per week
- Book early as numbers are strictly limited
- Programme runs for 5 weeks
- For more information send Kathryn an email
Holiday Class Timetable - October 2010
Posted by kathryn in Pilates
We invite our members to keep up their Pilates practice during the term break. Our holiday classes are also open to non-members. Great opportunity to introduce a relative or friend to Pilates at Balance2health.
Book early as places do fill quickly. Please note holiday classes cannot be used for make-up classes.
Holiday Class Timetable
Week 1
- Monday 27 September 7.30pm – Adrienn
- Thursday 30 September 9.30am – Heidi
- Saturday 2 October 8.00am – Britt
Week 2
- Wednesday 6 October 6.15pm – Alexia
- Thursday 7 October 9.30am – Heidi
- Saturday 9 October 9.30am – Alexia
Fee: $17.50 per class
To find out more or make a booking contact Alexia on 0425 830 191 or by email..
TERM 4: 11 OCTOBER – 18 DECEMBER
December 2010 / January 2011 Holiday Class Timetable ….coming soon.
Pilates make-up OR extra classes - Term 3
Posted by alexia in Pilates
If you have missed one of your classes and would like to do a MAKE-UP class, you can book yourself in to one of the spaces listed below.
Alternatively, if you would like to improve your Pilates practice by doing an EXTRA class, as often as you wish, you can book in at the discounted fee of $16.
Current Class Vacancies
Week 8
- Monday 6 September 12.30pm – 1 vacancy
- Tuesday 7 September 10.30am – 1 vacancy
- Thursday 9 September 9.30am – 1 vacancy
- Friday 10 September 10.30am – 1 vacancy
- Saturday 11 Sept 9.30am – 1 vacancy
Week 9
- Monday 13 September 12.30pm – 1 vacancy
- Monday 13 September 6.15pm – 1 vacancy
- Monday 13 September 7.30pm – 1 vacancy
- Tuesday 14 September 10.30am – 1 vacancy
- Tuesday 14 September 6.15pm – 1 vacancy
- Thursday 16 September 9.30am – 1 vacancy
- Friday 17 September 10.30am – 1 vacancy
Week 10 (Final Week of Term 3)
- Monday 20 September 12.30pm – 1 vacancy
- Monday 20 September 6.15pm – 1 vacancy
- Monday 20 September 7.30pm – 1 vacancy
- Tuesday 21 September 10.30am – 1 vacancy
- Tuesday 21 September 6.15pm – 1 vacancy
- Thursday 23 September 9.30am – 1 vacancy
- Friday 24 September 10.30am – 1 vacancy
CHECK OUT HOLIDAY CLASS TIMETABLE ON WEBSITE
BOOKINGS NOW OPEN
How to book
- At Balance2health, our Pilates Class vacancies are for the exclusive use of current term paying members.
- This system is not to be used to switch from the class for which you have made a term booking, to another class on the timetable. Instead vacancies are for the convenience of members who have missed their usual class.
- Make-up classes cannot be carried over to a new Term, or to Holiday Classes.
- Current members who wish to book into a vacancy need to email Alexia to book. Do not simply turn up to the class.
- Spaces are allocated on a first-email-first-serve basis.
- Although make-up classes are often possible during the term, they can only be offered if current class members let us know in advance when they’re unable to attend their usual class – this does not always happen.
- To book yourself in email Alexia at alexiaam@optusnet.com.au
- If you are doing an extra class, the discounted fee of $16 is to be paid in cash at your class.
Dinner in under 30 minutes
Posted by kathryn in Clinic News and Nutrition
If cooking is a chore and you’re bored with the dinners you make, then you need some new ideas. From the end of July Kathryn will be running monthly 30 minute lunch-time cooking classes.
At each session you’ll learn how to make one new recipe. Something you can make at home. A meal which is healthy, nutritionally balanced, but also delicious and only takes thirty minutes to make.
July 29 – Fish in Yoghurt Sauce
In July’s session the Dinner in 30 Minutes recipe will be an easy way to cook fish – White Fish in Yoghurt Sauce.
Fish is a low fat food, full of protein, iodine and other nutritional goodies. I regularly recommend eating more fish to many clients. However many people don’t feel confident using and cooking fish.
July’s Dinner in 30 Minutes recipe includes a spicy, tangy yoghurt sauce and plenty of vegetables. It’s a really simple way of cooking fish, that still has stacks of flavour.
An easy vegetarian variation will also be discussed.
The session includes a cooking demonstration, take-home recipe sheet and (of course) tasting the dish.
Details
- Thursday 29 July
- 12.30pm – 1.00pm
- Cost: $10
- At the Balance2health clinic in Gladesville
- To make a booking contact Kathryn on 0410 412 431 or by email
Please note, spaces are limited, so bookings are essential.
Group weight loss meetings - starting August
Posted by kathryn in Nutrition
The next series of Kathryn’s Group Weight Loss Meetings will start in August. This is a five week, group programme, aimed at helping you to lose weight.
Each week will include a weigh-in. You’ll also learn the real story about how to lose weight, as well as practical ways to improve your energy levels and minimise food cravings.
With the Group Weight Loss Meetings, you’ll benefit from learning in a supportive, group environment. Moreover, unlike many programmes, you will also receive personalised attention from Kathryn Elliott, a qualified Nutritionist.
We’ll be looking at:
- food planning
- how to eat a balanced diet and lose weight
- motivation and accountability
- what you need to do to be healthy
- how to look after yourself and lose weight when you’re busy and snowed under
- how to make simple, healthy meals that help you to lose weight
Details:
- There are two different time-slots available
- Either Wednesdays 10.00 – 11.00am from 4 August – 1 September OR Thursdays 7.00 – 8.00pm from 12 August – 9 September
- Cost: $20 per week
- Book early as numbers are strictly limited
- Programme runs for 5 weeks
- For more information send Kathryn an email
Is middle-aged weight gain inevitable?
Posted by kathryn in Fitness and Nutrition
There’s a great piece on the ABC’s website about middle-aged weight gain. A lot of people think it’s inevitable. There seems to be a widely held belief that as you age there’s a dramatic slowing of the metabolism, which means no matter how hard you try weight gain is going to happen.
But this is not really true. There is a slowing of the metabolism as people age, but it’s relatively slight. What’s more significant in the development of middle-aged spread, is the drop in activity which occurs as we age and our lifestyle changes.
It’s a really well explained article and I’d encourage you to take a look Fact Buster: is the middle-aged spread inevitable?.